Tom Steyer’s Need to Impeach Campaign Takes National Town Hall Tour to Arlington and Prince George’s County

March 13, 2018

Erik Olvera, Head of Communications

(WASHINGTON, March 13, 2018) — Need to Impeach Founder Tom Steyer is bringing the case to remove Donald Trump from office to the D.C. area, where he will host town halls in Arlington and Prince George’s County on March 20, 2018 as part of his nationwide impeachment tour. These will be the third and fourth of 30 town halls planned across the country.

Steyer is holding these town halls to make the patriotic case to Democrats, Independents, and Republicans about the need for impeachment, and how the inaction of their elected leaders in the Washington, D.C. area reflects broader neglect of their constituents.

Arlington residents are heavily concentrated in Virginia’s 8th district, which has a strong Democratic majority. Yet Congressmember Don Beyer voted against impeachment in two separate floor votes despite clear support for impeachment from his constituents. In Prince George’s County, Congressmember Anthony Brown represents Maryland’s deeply Democratic 4th district. Even with calls to action from his constituents, Brown has also voted against impeachment in both floor votes. The town halls will gather local voters demanding explanations from Beyer and Brown on their decisions not to back Trump’s impeachment.

“Donald Trump has put our entire country at risk, and America needs strong leaders who will stand up to him,” said Steyer. “Those who condemn Trump but do nothing to back their words with action are enabling the damage he is inflicting on our people and our democracy. Both Congressmembers Don Beyer and Anthony Brown have repeatedly ignored their constituents’ voices by voting no on impeachment. Since the only thing Beyer and Brown should be contemplating is their constituents’ well-being and best interests, we need to know why. The people deserve representatives who refuse to back down on our shared principles, and we will ensure their voices are heard.”

Steyer launched the Need to Impeach campaign on October 20, 2017 through national television and social media ads. More than 5 million people have since signed on to support the campaign, creating a digital army that several political strategists call one of the most powerful political tools in the Democratic party. So far, six national commercials have aired, reaching more than 2 billion viewers through television and more than 454 million through social media. A seventh commercial—the first in Spanish—will begin airing nationwide this week.

Tom Steyer was born in Manhattan and attended the Buckley School, Phillips Exeter Academy and later graduated from Yale University summa cum laude in economics and political science, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He was captain of the Yale soccer team. Steyer received his MBA from Stanford Business School, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar. He has served on the Board of Trustees.